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The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010

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SECTION 1Exposures and doses

1.  In respect of a radioactive substances activity that relates to radioactive waste, the regulator must exercise its relevant functions to ensure that—

(a)all exposures to ionising radiation of any member of the public and of the population as a whole resulting from the disposal of radioactive waste are kept as low as reasonably achievable, taking into account economic and social factors; and

(b)the sum of the doses resulting from the exposure of any member of the public to ionising radiation does not exceed the dose limits set out in Article 13 of the Basic Safety Standards Directive subject to the exclusions set out in Article 6(4) of that Directive.

2.—(1) In exercising those relevant functions in relation to the planning stage of radiation protection, the regulator must have regard to the following maximum doses to individuals which may result from a defined source—

(a)0.3 millisieverts per year from any source from which radioactive discharges are first made on or after 13th May 2000; or

(b)0.5 millisieverts per year from the discharges from any single site.

(2) In exercising those relevant functions, the regulator must observe the following requirements of the Basic Safety Standards Directive—

(a)in estimating effective dose and equivalent dose, Articles 15 and 16;

(b)in estimating population doses, Article 45; and

(c)in relation to the responsibilities of undertakings, Article 47.

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